Recent Posts Tagged With 'scuba diving'

• Paid Gap Year Scuba Diving Internships: Marine Videographer Work

  Posted on Friday November 9th, 2007 at 22:07 in scuba diving, thailand, internship, koh tao, scuba diving internship

  Get paid gap year work in Thailand as part of our underwater videographer scuba diving internship. Underwater videographers make a living in Koh Tao, Thailand by catching people’s first underwater experiences on film, showcasing their interacti...

• Swimming Pool Plans unveiled (for PADI Open Water & Divemaster Internship training)

  Posted on Thursday November 8th, 2007 at 05:32 in scuba diving, internship, koh tao, open water diver, padi open water, scuba diving courses

  We’ve decided to make use of the land behind DJL Diving creating a pool, bar & restaurant in the Silver Sands resort garden. The swimming pool will be great for shallow water training, both on the PADI Open Water Course and for Divemaster I...

• Gap Year Scuba Diving Internship Mini-site relaunched

  Posted on Tuesday October 30th, 2007 at 22:51 in scuba diving, thailand, internship, expedition, koh tao, techdivethailand.com, boat driving, boat handling, scuba diving internship, scuba diving courses, dive expedition

  We’re now offering beginner to PADI Divemaster Gap Year Internships [3 months], including everything you need - PADI Diving courses, accommodation, your own set of professional scuba diving equipment and all materials and certification fees. I...

• Plongee sous-marine Koh Tao Thailande: DJL Diving homepage & PADI Open Water Pages Now Available en francais!

  Posted on Friday October 12th, 2007 at 07:05 in scuba diving, thailand, bsac, koh tao, bsac thailand, open water diver, padi open water, scuba diving internship, koh tao dive sites, scuba diving courses

  With 3 French speaking instructors on the DJL Diving team, we have the capacity to teach all PADI & BSAC scuba diving courses en francais. We’ve decided it’s time to start translating our website into French. We’ve already trans...

• Open throughout November 07 for PADI Open Water Diving

  Posted on Monday October 8th, 2007 at 03:08 in scuba diving, thailand, bsac, koh tao, bsac thailand, techdivethailand.com, open water diver, padi open water, koh tao dive sites, scuba diving courses

  DJL Diving [Koh Tao Thailand] will remain open throughout November 2007, continuing to provide PADI / BSAC / SSI Scuba Diving Courses & Fun Dives for certified divers. Many Koh Tao Thailand Dive Shops close during November, to allow for boat mai...

• BSAC TEC Diving; Leona (Go Pro Internship) & William qualify as Extended Range Divers

  Posted on Wednesday October 3rd, 2007 at 01:32 in scuba diving, thailand, expedition, bsac, tech diving, koh tao, bsac thailand, diving liveaboard, techdivethailand.com, scuba diving internship, scuba diving courses, technical diving

  After a combined technical scuba diving course & dive liveaboard expedition,  we’re happy to announce that we have two new BSAC Extended Range Divers here at DJL Diving. Image; The first female Extended Range Diver trained by Tim, Leona o...

• TEC Expedition Report; South China Sea Liveaboard - HMS Repulse & Submarine K17

  Posted on Tuesday September 25th, 2007 at 08:11 in scuba diving, thailand, wreck diving, expedition, bsac, tech diving, koh tao, bsac thailand, diving liveaboard, techdivethailand.com, scuba diving internship, technical diving

  We’ve just returned to Koh Tao from a spectacular TEC liveaboard, visiting WW2 wrecks in the South China Sea. We laid commemorative wreaths on the HMS Repulse and Dutch Submarine KXVII, plus dived two shallow wrecks off Tioman Island, Malaysia....

• ‘Grey Reef Sharks at the Chumphon Pinnacle are a load of Bull!’

  Posted on Wednesday September 12th, 2007 at 00:08 in scuba diving, thailand, koh tao, koh tao dive sites

  Experienced divers Robin & Richard, recently dived with DJL Diving off our high speed RIB.Diving with Todd Applegate, the guys were using underwater photography equipment to capture images of the sharks diving at the Chumhon Pinnacles Dive Site,...

• BSAC Boat Handling, Instructor Training & Extended Range Diver with Ginger

  Posted on Tuesday September 11th, 2007 at 02:01 in scuba diving, thailand, bsac, tech diving, koh tao, bsac thailand, bsac seamanship, scuba diving courses, technical diving

  Ginger Ayres (BSAC Advanced Instructor, Marine Divers, Hong Kong) has visited Koh Tao, Thailand, hooking up with DJL Diving for BSAC Instructor & Extended Range Diver Training. Image: Les prepares Matt, Arne & Tom for their BSAC Instructor E...

• Whale Shark Sighting on PADI Scuba Open Water Course

  Posted on Monday September 10th, 2007 at 04:27 in scuba diving, thailand, internship, koh tao, open water diver, padi open water, scuba diving internship, koh tao dive sites, scuba diving courses

  For the last few days we’ve had fantastic visibility around Koh Tao, Thailand. Even better, this morning during the last two dives of their PADI Open Water Course, Joost & Marjolien [Netherlands] got to enjoy 2 dives with a whale shark.\n\n...

• Learn to Dive Forum; Your questions answered!

  Posted on Monday September 10th, 2007 at 03:05 in scuba diving, koh tao, open water diver, padi open water, scuba diving courses

  We’ve put this forum up to allow you to ask questions about scuba diving & PADI scuba open water courses with DJL. If you have any queries you need answered, just post your question and the DJL instructors will respond. You can also view ot...

• Mitch Lawson completes his Divemaster internship; Snorkel Test Photos!

  Posted on Saturday September 8th, 2007 at 21:53 in scuba diving, thailand, internship, koh tao, scuba diving internship, scuba diving courses

  Yesterday Mitch Lawson graduated as a PADI Divemaster, following his scuba diving internship here on Koh Tao.\n\nImage: A group of us head down to Lotus Bar to celebrate the new Divemasters; from left Gary, James, Matt, Mitch, Alex, Mr Ali, Leona ...

• Fantastic Macro Images from Diving Koh Tao, Thailand

  Posted on Tuesday September 4th, 2007 at 04:19 in scuba diving, thailand, open water diver

  Image: Whip corals at Laem Thian, Koh Tao, Thailand. These great underwater images were recently taken around the Koh Tao dive sites by Marc & Beate (Germany). Diving with DJL Divemaster Tom Alden, together with Ben & Tash (UK) & Steffan...

• Unicorn Deep Wreck Dives - Koh Tao

  Posted on Sunday September 2nd, 2007 at 01:41 in scuba diving, thailand, wreck diving, expedition, bsac, tech diving, koh tao, techdivethailand.com

  Off our new RIB, we’re running frequent wreck diving trips to the Unicorn Ship Wreck north of Koh Tao. The Unicorn is a large cargo vessel, lying upright on the seabed close to Koh Tao. The wreck lists slightly to one side - the deeper side at...

• Expedition Report: BSAC Training for Army Squadron

  Posted on Tuesday August 28th, 2007 at 02:32 in scuba diving, thailand, expedition, bsac, koh tao, bsac thailand, diving liveaboard, techdivethailand.com, koh phangan

  DJL Diving, Koh Tao have been visited by the British Ministry of Defence’s ‘Typhoon Squadron‘. As part of the Defense Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS), a group travelled to Koh Tao to complete diver training through to BSAC Spo...

• DJL Team Discovers WW2 Schooner close to Koh Tao

  Posted on Monday August 27th, 2007 at 08:45 in scuba diving, thailand, internship, expedition, tech diving, koh tao, techdivethailand.com

  Background Here at DJL Diving Thailand, we’ve just returned from a day of wreck hunting - looking for a deep target north of Koh Tao. Our objective was to locate a WW2 schooner, sunk during July 1945 by Baleo class submarine USS Bugara. Estimat...

• Tec Diver Training Resumed at DJL Koh Tao

  Posted on Monday August 20th, 2007 at 00:35 in scuba diving, thailand, internship, wreck diving, bsac, tech diving, koh tao, bsac thailand, diving liveaboard

  After an extended ‘break’ Tim is back to teaching tec here on Koh Tao, Thailand. DJL  Diving Intern Leona Goh (Singapore) and William Hudson (USA) are taking BSAC technical diving courses with DJL Diving. Pictured: Tim guides William &#...

• Higher Res Version of Promo now available for download

  Posted on Tuesday August 7th, 2007 at 22:55 in scuba diving, thailand, internship, bsac, tech diving, koh tao, bsac thailand, techdivethailand.com, open water diver, koh phangan, boat driving, bsac seamanship

  At last we’ve managed to upload a better quality version of our DJL Diving promo movie. The image quality is much better on this version - file size is 22 Mb so shouldn’t take too long to download if you have a decent connection. It’...

• PADI e-Learning introduced on Koh Tao, Thailand

  Posted on Monday August 6th, 2007 at 03:46 in scuba diving, thailand, koh tao, open water diver, koh phangan

  Here at DJL Diving Koh Tao Thailand we’re now offering PADI e-Learning on our Open Water Diving Courses. PADI e-Learning allows you to complete diving theory tutorials online, to satisfy the academic portion of the Open Water Course indepedent...

• Massive Phangan Full Moon Party spills onto Koh Tao

  Posted on Wednesday August 1st, 2007 at 08:08 in scuba diving, thailand, bsac, koh tao, techdivethailand.com, open water diver, full moon party, koh phangan

  Last night’s Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan is rumoured to have been the busiest ever! DJL Diving’s Mr. Ali,  James (Go Pro scuba diving Intern), Mitch (PADI Rescue Diver student sooon to be DMT) & Cameron (PADI Advanced Open Water)...

• 4 PADI Rescue Divers & Great Dive Conditions @ Koh Tao

  Posted on Monday July 30th, 2007 at 01:42 in scuba diving, thailand, internship, koh tao, techdivethailand.com

  Today at DJL Diving Koh Tao we’ve certified four new PADI Rescue Divers. Go Pro Diving Intern James (UK), Wendy (Holland), Penny (UK) & Louis (UK) all passed under the instruction of Alex (assisted by PADI Divemaster Trainee John [Canada])....

• Sail Rock Scuba Dive Trips from Koh Tao

  Posted on Sunday July 22nd, 2007 at 01:13 in scuba diving, thailand, koh tao, open water diver

  Around Koh Tao, we’re now experiencing great sea conditions - flat sea, very sunny and visibility increasing every day. This should continue throughout Summer. At DJL Diving Koh Tao, we’re going to take advantage of this by using the RIB...

• Business as usual & lots of Sharks

  Posted on Monday July 16th, 2007 at 22:21 in scuba diving, thailand, koh tao, techdivethailand.com, open water diver

  At last the strong winds have at last subsided, and sea conditions have returned to normal - around 0.5 - 1 metre wave heights. Yesterday Alex was able to take his Open Water Diving class out to the Chumphon Pinnacles for dives 3 & 4, and said th...

• Tropical storm reaches Koh Tao Dive Sites!!

  Posted on Thursday July 12th, 2007 at 06:36 in scuba diving, thailand, koh tao, techdivethailand.com

  For the next few days we’ve got a south-easterly tropical monsoon storm hitting Koh Tao!! Off the unprotected west coast of Koh Tao, Thailand wave heights are reaching 1.5 - 2 metres -not great for scuba diving! For the next few days we’l...

• New Dive Boat for Koh Tao Diver Training

  Posted on Friday July 6th, 2007 at 22:37 in scuba diving, thailand, koh tao, techdivethailand.com, open water diver

  We’ve recently purchased a new dive boat for DJL Diving Koh Tao. 18.5 metres long, she is a Hino powered converted Thai fishing boat. We’ve installed an air compressor - capable of handling up to 25 customers we intend to use this boat f...

• PADI Open Water Diver Package for Summer 07

  Posted on Friday June 29th, 2007 at 20:55 in scuba diving, thailand, koh tao, open water diver

  If you are travelling to Koh Tao, Thailand to learn to dive this summer, check out our PADI / SSI Open Water Diver Package. We’re offering a big saving for online reservations. This includes everything you need to go from beginner to Ope...

• Whale Shark Photographed @ Southwest Pinnacles

  Posted on Friday June 29th, 2007 at 06:00 in scuba diving, thailand, koh tao, techdivethailand.com, open water diver

      Following our previous posting of a whale shark sighting (Tor, Jeab & Tony), Note (who referred them to DJL Diving) kindly forwarded us these shots of the previous weeks encounter. On this occasion Note, Brad, Kelsey & Michelle got to...

• HMS Repulse TEC Liveaboard - September 07

  Posted on Friday June 29th, 2007 at 05:39 in scuba diving, thailand, wreck diving, tech diving, koh tao, diving liveaboard

  During the first week of September we’re running a tec liveaboard to the HMS Repulse & Prince of Wales, Malaysia. Sunk in 1941, these enourmous wreck lie at around 60 metres - visibility is good so the diving will be stunning. Anti aircraf...

• Extraordinary Dive Experience with a Whale Shark

  Posted on Monday June 18th, 2007 at 07:38 in scuba diving, thailand, koh tao, techdivethailand.com, open water diver

  Referred by their buddies who got to see a whale shark (diving with DJL Diving two weeks ago), Thai divers Toni, Tor & Jeab left Bangkok to get their own dose of Koh Tao whale shark action. The guys did around 10 dives each and had a very...

• Wreck Exploration Dive Trip - Monday 11th

  Posted on Friday June 8th, 2007 at 23:36 in scuba diving, thailand, wreck diving, bsac, tech diving, techdivethailand.com

  We're out checking the first few gps coordinates of our new list - we'll be leaving early on Monday morning and investigating several marks throughout Chumphon province. If you want to come along visit one of our shops asap :), we have two places st...